hello! a few questions:
1) how does it feel to be so right about everything, especially the aspects? :P
2) where would you draw the line between the rogue and the knight? in both your descriptions you have the aspect being wielded as a weapon where the rogue/knight can really effectively help others, but not their self. what’s the distinction (other than guarding vs distributing)?
3) i see what you’re saying about a bard’s relationship to the narrative, but what about their aspect? is that secondary or even irrelevant? is a bard’s aspect arbitrary or is it more like a method, with the aspect acting as a class because the bard class is such a blank slate?
thanks in advance if you choose to answer these, i’m really curious about your opinions!
- Well I spent literally months working on this and iterating so it feels really good! LMAO to me like the moment I went “okay I think…… calliope is wrong about Prince being active that seems wrong” and then “wait is anything she says correct” and then throwing all of her theorycraft out, like that truly opened up the possibility space for what the fuck classpect could actually mean. I had a lot of fun! Glad you dig my interpretation!
- AH SO at some point I do intend to do a supplementary post that examines some of the similarities between the classes and aspects. Some are easy to group up, and Rogue/Knight/Maid are what I like to call the Tired Classes. They are so fucking exhausted and their jobs are so rooted in team cohesion, I think they are very easy to look at as a group. And when I was diagnosing a few friends who had the Tired vibe, those are the ones I would offer them and explain.
To me, the delineation between our Tired folks is:
Knight: I don’t have a personal relationship with my aspect really, it’s a tool that I use, I wouldn’t think of it as ‘alive’ in any way, also I’m sad. Main tank.
Maid: I give and I give and I give but I want something that my aspect specifically makes it difficult for me to have. My aspect is inside of me. Main healer.
Rogue: I am here to help but if you forget to say thank you, I am gonna remember it forever. My aspect is outside of me. Off/Second healer.
Is that helpful at all? - I mean I think of aspect as the medium/tool a person uses. So does it matter for the Bard what their aspect is? Sure, if you want to know what they use to do their bullshit. But it doesn’t factor much into how they are doing their bullshit, if that makes sense. If you have a villain in an RPG, does it matter if he’s a fire mage or an ice mage? Mechanically, sure, but to The Story, probably not.
Good questions!